5 WWE legends who will never return to the ring

#4 Three-time WWE Champion Mick Foley

Over the course of his career, WWE legend Mick Foley participated in many violent matches and subjected himself to all sorts of pain. The moniker "Hardcore Legend" came at a steep price. Foley initially retired from professional wrestling due to his injuries after he lost a career match to Triple H at No Way Out 2000.

However, the bug never left Foley's system and he returned in 2004 to feud with Randy Orton. The New York native's in-ring career continued for another eight years before he was forced to call it a day in 2012 when WWE refused to clear him to compete.

Foley admitted that while he should've retired sooner, the money was too good to pass up during an interview with Talk Sport.

“Yeah I was [chasing the perfect last match], and I had it. I had the perfect goodbye in 2000 at WWE WrestleMania. I had it again with Randy Orton at Backlash in 2004.

“I think people take the financials out of the equation. It’s one thing to say I had the perfect exit, but then you’re like ‘I’m 34, what do I do?’ In my case, I realised wow, I’ve written two best-selling novels. That’s hundreds of hours in solitude, months away from your family on the road promoting the book where you don’t get paid, and then it’s like I could make the same amount of money for a WWE match against Carlito," said Foley.